Conflans attack: the CFCM announces work on the formation of an anti-radicalization plan

The French Muslim Worship Council (CFCM) announced on Saturday that it was working on the development of a "common training program for imams" and a "plan to fight" against radicalism, a week after the beheading of a professor in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.

Main interlocutor of the public authorities on Islam, the CFCM is "aware of its responsibilities" and "intends to participate in the refoundation of the Muslim religion by taking into consideration its cultural and social implications", explained its president Mohamed Moussaoui in a press release.

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"Immunize French youth in the face of propaganda from preachers of hatred and division"

With this in mind, the body announces that it will "develop a plan to fight against all forms of radicalism and extremism capable of immunizing French youth against the propaganda of preachers of hatred and division" .

The CFCM intends to convene on November 1 its "prevention commission against radicalism" on this subject.

Thursday, the authority had sent to the imams of France a proposal for a text which they could draw inspiration from for their preaching, denouncing the irruption of "radicalism (...) claiming to be Islam" and "the assassination horrible "by Samuel Paty, beheaded after giving a course on freedom of expression.

Joint training program for imams and chaplains of France

In its press release, the institution also notes the establishment of "a commission responsible for developing a common training program for imams and chaplains in France", which will meet for the first time in a week, according to the press release. 

In his speech on "separatism" delivered at Mureaux (Yvelines) a few days before the attack, Emmanuel Macron explained that he wanted to build "an Islam of the Enlightenment" and had given the CFCM six months to work on a unique training course for imams of France.